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Degu Noises
Hi there
My degu has recently started making really aggressive sounding noises and I've finally recorded him doing it. Since I got him he's hated to be touched and will screech at me (and everyone/everything else, he can't even live with other degus because he hates when they touch him) as a warning if I get too close, but this noise he's been doing is new and is constant when he is in his cage. I was just wondering if these are actually done aggressively and why he is making the noises. And no, I do not do anything to make him aggressive, we actually get along really well, but as soon as he's in his cage, this behaviour starts.
I can't add a link to the video I took, but please pm me for it if you think you can answer this!
My degu has recently started making really aggressive sounding noises and I've finally recorded him doing it. Since I got him he's hated to be touched and will screech at me (and everyone/everything else, he can't even live with other degus because he hates when they touch him) as a warning if I get too close, but this noise he's been doing is new and is constant when he is in his cage. I was just wondering if these are actually done aggressively and why he is making the noises. And no, I do not do anything to make him aggressive, we actually get along really well, but as soon as he's in his cage, this behaviour starts.
I can't add a link to the video I took, but please pm me for it if you think you can answer this!
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What is the noise like? Feel free to send the video to me by PM.
~Stephanie
"We weep for a bird's cry, but not for a fish's blood. Blessed are those with a voice."
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Resident Aquarium Nerd
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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Hi, I got your PM. Those noises are stress noises, he's scared/stressed by something. How big is his cage? What toys does he have? Does he live alone?
When does he tend to make that noise?
When does he tend to make that noise?
~Stephanie
"We weep for a bird's cry, but not for a fish's blood. Blessed are those with a voice."
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Saaf Norwood, London UK
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I have heard the said noise before. My cousin Stuart who was Reznik on here years back. Had a couple of Degu's. They tended to make that noise if they were annoyed.
But if you were gentle you could tickle one of them through the bars until they lifted a leg up and you could rub them under the arm pit. You need to watch their teeth tho.
They just seem to be one of those animals that doesn't have a lot of patience.
Maybe there are other things you can do to hep aid stress. I can't really help myself as I have never kept Degu's myself.
But if you were gentle you could tickle one of them through the bars until they lifted a leg up and you could rub them under the arm pit. You need to watch their teeth tho.
They just seem to be one of those animals that doesn't have a lot of patience.
Maybe there are other things you can do to hep aid stress. I can't really help myself as I have never kept Degu's myself.
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